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Polarimetry of the Cosmic Microwave Background from the Antarctic Plateau

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

G. Sironi ,
E. Battistelli ,
G. Boella ,
F. Cavaliere ,
M. Gervasi ,
A. Passerini ,
D. Spiga  and
M. Zannoni
G. Sironi
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, p.zza della Scienza 3, Milano, Italy
E. Battistelli
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, p.zza della Scienza 3, Milano, Italy
G. Boella
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, p.zza della Scienza 3, Milano, Italy
F. Cavaliere
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milano, Italy
M. Gervasi
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, p.zza della Scienza 3, Milano, Italy
A. Passerini
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, p.zza della Scienza 3, Milano, Italy
D. Spiga
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, p.zza della Scienza 3, Milano, Italy
M. Zannoni
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, p.zza della Scienza 3, Milano, Italy
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Abstract

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Detection of linear polarisation at a level of 1 ppm or less, associated to the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background, will confirm the cosmological origin of the observed anisotropy and provide information on the thermal history of the universe between the recombination epoch and now. In particular, detection of polarisation can help in deciding if the evolution of the universe included a reionisation epoch. We present the Mk3 model of our correlation polarimeter, an improved version of a system which has already been used for observations of the region of sky around the South Celestial Pole from Antarctica (in 1994 at Terra Nova Bay and in 1998 at Dome C).

Keywords

instrumentation: polarimeterscosmology: cosmic microwave background
Type
Research Article
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , 2002 , pp. 313 - 317
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2002

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